Li Chen start proceeding to work on his Spiritual Journey Through the Great Ether series followed by Ethereal Cloud series. As is often the case with these works, they incorporate elements of mist and cloud, imbuing the works with vivid artistic conception. Through sculptures, Li Chen visualizes mental activities such as “missing”. The silver cloud is carried on the shoulder, implying that the mind wanders away from the body and soars into the sky. It appears that Li Chen has started to play around with the character of mist/cloud in his Spiritual Journey Through the Great Ether series of 2012. In this particular work the cloud has transformed into a smiley and peaceful human figure, seems to answer the question in obscurity—what does “missing” look like? For Li Chen, the capricious cloud and mist are the faces of it. Li is particularly adept at presenting the relationships between objects of different size. The smoothness of the silver part and the power of the black material showcase both contrast and harmony, while the cloud offers sturdy support, so that even though floating in the air the character is safe and at ease.